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[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] chongns:
your question is abit .....:confused: cause here are for i9003 CF-ROOT, or you mistaken you phone model:D

after you have done the Titanium backup to your user app + Data, keep it safe(copy to PC), than flash the firmware(read the guide of how to flash)

after flash than get the TB from market than restore the user app.

Do not restore the system apps, cause you will overwrite the new version of system apps (XXKPH).

here the screen shoot

you will get that icon after you have flash the file

the rest, read the post. learn from the senior. :rolleyes:

at less, this wht i done, and it go well.

btw, my quadrant score shoot to 2103 once, free ram 205

Samsung Galaxy SL XXKPH + CF-ROOT + EXT4 + Tweak + Deodex
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] yamchirobe:
I get 2205, on quadrant
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] trip007in:
@Misledze,

What is your opinion about the swapiness, free ram and over all performance of Phone after a day of CF-Root flashing? Please comment on batter life too.

My view, significant improvement in swappiness, Battery life is excellent, after cache built up ,Free RAM is down to 160 MB from 244 MB after fresh flash... Howvere, it did not affect the Performance much....
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] koolhunkk:
Any alternative to CWM Manager?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ggclanlord:
My boot time hs increased frm normal 39secs to 49secs and getn only ~1800 @quadrant. I did apply ext4.zip.

Any idea whr i might hv messed up?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] trip007in:
Thanks Misledz,

Sorry for typo in previous post, this time I just copied to be sure and precise not to spell your name incorrectly:D:D:D, but is it your name or user name?:confused: anyways, great review as always... I agree upon great battery life.. Mine is at 75% after 15 hours of usage, if I compare to earlier GB built/ versions along with the CF-Root or CWM, it use to be down to approx. 40%.

The drop in RAM is same situation as experienced by you, am sometime t 160 MB, killing app takes free RAM to 200MB. Overall its a great improvement... I am loving it...:p:p
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
I am also experiencing drop in RAM but interesting part is everything is smooth & tremendous great battery life I must say.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
Did you apply the tweaks? :P There's an app in the appdrawer called Tweaks, you gotta enable all options, followed by downloading the CWM file in the OP :P You gotta flash that as kernel in CWM.apk, Both are included automatically when you flash the CF-Root PDA.

PS- The kernel part is what makes it fast bro :D.

@trip007in, Hahaha If it was real, I wish :rolleyes:, But it's just a screen-name, Thanks :) Likewise. I find it collaborates well with your themes :) Like so far so good no theme related issues have risen :D GJ trip, GJ Skin :D

I9003 Power >;}
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] koolhunkk:
I successfully installed CF-ROOt successfully. I installed the kernel by going to CWM etc. The phone rebooted, but there is a problem.. Why am I not able to see the appdrawer as shown in the screenshots? http://attachments.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=676222&d=1312403634 ?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
What menu? That's the appdrawer
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] koolhunkk:
Sorry, I meant that only!

Edit: Thats a theme, I'm so dumb.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ggclanlord:
Hang on! I dnt thnk so i askd a Noob's How-To Install CFRoot and enable tweaks, did I? :-P

Btw, i flashed via ODIN since i didnt hv any prev ver. The one to b flashed as kernel is for an update frm older ver, right?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] spacebar2011:
Yeah, no CWM Manager. :rolleyes:

Correct. If you have a version of CF_ROOT already installed, just apply the zip.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jesrani:
@Misledz, great review. I am currently happy on KPE (except for the battery life), is KPH really worth upgrading to? I had asked the question in the feedback forum and got a positive answer but also read that users like vivek and falex reverted back due to problems. Is it better to wait for Rex's ROM?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
HOLY CRAP LOL You quoted the whole thing.

Yes, XXKPH is amazing if you ask me, Majority of Skin's and every other dev's work will be based off the stable version, as you can see, Skin already has sunk his hands into the XXKPH with an overclock module coming up. Also Rex's ROM is optional, as always. It will be based off XXKPH aswell. So kudos there :P. Most user's tend to revert back until the firmware has finally settled with 80% of the mods intact. Everything for froyo was made stable , that's why most user's prefer it over a semi baked GB.

@ggclanlord, It's in your appdrawer. The tweaks, the other file .zip format should be flashed via CWM app in the drawer as a kernel.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ggclanlord:
@space and mis

Guys u didnt get my issue. M nt askn How to flash CFR.

M teln i dnt c any improvement aftr flashing it. Boot time is still ~50secs and quadrant scores of only ~1800 with all the tweaks ticked.

I also formatted to ext4.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] manrock111:
skin did it support for adb shell at recovery mode?

the original one is supporting with rootsh command.

If not please add this feature too :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] japzcanda:
hey hey hey hey! do i need to back up all my files? before flash this one on CWM?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mjbri0613:
no need sir! just flash and go.. ^^
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jesrani:
Sorry for quoting the whole post, i actually had even included your screenshot but immediately removed it, so thank me :)

Am tempted to switch to KPH now, but I had read that QtAdb does not work and there were some other problem also, hope there are no big issues. I do find QtADB very useful.

Apart from a Titanium Backup, should I also take a nandroid backup and save it? In case I want to flash back to KPE, can I restore the nandroid backup and get everything back?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] xenoyosh:
@misledz, i also notice that hiccup with keyboards.

while experimenting, i see that the lag happens when i disable sound and allow tactile feedback. but when both of them are on or both of them are off, the lag seems to disappear. it may be just me but i hate the sound but love the feedback, but now i either need both on or both off to type properly.

anyone else notice this with ur respecive keyboards?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] japzcanda:
you mean my files and apps won't be deleted even if i flash this?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
@xenoyosh, GBKeyboard seems to work ok, It's a tempo replacement, But not the best, S2 Keyboard is for fat fingers ;P But works fine. The vibration wouldn't be able to keep up, When you tend to type really fast the phone would have to vibrate to catch up, Best to disable it since it will eat up your battery based on how fast you type. As for sounds, I like to keep it on since It feel's like I'm actually doing something, and not just tapping glass :P

@japscanada, No, nothing will be deleted, It's a custom recovery :).

@jesrani, You can take a nandroid backup but remember, It's like an Android TimeMachine, whatever happened during that time when you took the backup, Will be pasted back like as if you wen't back in time. I would suggest deleting your old backup's and making new ones as the filesize is pretty enormous after a nandroid backup :<
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] crazbanditz:
Another thing, when you are restoring another backup from another ROM, flash to the ROM which you had the backup from, as our CWM is not universal, so just flash to XXKPE in your case then restore with CWM. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
Also restoring the data only works for that specific firmware you flashed. You might get md5 error or the phone might refuse to boot.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] japzcanda:
thanks!! :))
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] salam85:
thank u for the effort guys..very much appreciate it..

:D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mustali:
Thanks first.

I have installed it as described without any problems. flashed the kernel, applied tweaks. but can't notice any major speed up :-(

2- my boot sound is gone.

3- I can't see option to format FS to ext4 in cwm recovery mode.

(I installed ext4 addon, it says cf root kernel not installed, so ext wont work!!)

4- (a noob question) will my data and Apps be lost if I convert Fs to ext4

5- video chat still doesn't work, reboots every time I make call:-(

any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] spacebar2011:
1. Boot sound has been removed.

2. What did you flash? The latest CF_ROOT for XXKPH from Skin's OP?

3. You have to place the ext4update.zip on your SD and apply it within CWM recovery. Follow procedure of nandroid, apply zip, restore nandroid and then reboot.

4. If you do as above, you won't lose any data or apps or anything else.

5. What video chat (what app) are you talking about?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
@space :D Loving the xda bar's hahaha.

On another note, Skin's release of the CF-Root on 20th AUG seems to be blazing fast aswell as having no hiccup/slow death issue. Can't say the same about the battery though.

Seriously, what blasphemy is this with the CFRoots.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] spacebar2011:
LOL yeah.. ;)

I feel the same too, although battery remains the same, no more no less.

While mobile devices are scaling greater heights almost every month, those God darned battery people are still stuck in the 80's! Why isn't there any new battery technology since mobile phones were invented??? :mad:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bigeyes0x0:
Yeah, the problem is that we couldn't find any new material to make cell as far as I have heard. But we did find other stuffs like at a lab of my colleagues they're working with ultra low voltage circuit that can works with only kinetic energy from your movement. They also makes small camera that you can take inside your body like a pill, and it works on ketchup. When I heard it I went WTF, you know :D. Only hope that someday those techs will go to our phones, too.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mustali:
2. yes

3. sorry I missed that. can you please provide link for ext4update.zip.

do I need to backup from cwm before applying this .zip ?

4. OK thanks. if i choose to install any custom ROM after this, do I need to go back to rfs or just flashing will do?

5. google talk, I found it some where on the forum but it doesn't work. do you have a working one?

Sent from my GT-I9003.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
@space ft bigeye0x0 , So which release have you guys flashed to? The 20'th or 21'st? of AUG. The 21'st is really putting quite the stress load that the phone is eventually left with 85MB RAM randomly.

There was a project Nokia intended to come out with, Nokia Morph? Don't know if most of you knew about it, But the phone basically has nanocells that absorb sunlight energy and convert it to pure energy, We're talking about 30hr+ battery life just by absorbing an hour's worth of sunlight. Insane ****. Ofcourse this is still a work in progress. As for the pill :O it's already put into practice in hospitals. There was a battery someone posted on the net that has a huge hole

This apparently was the "greenest" way in using a battery, for that "10 minutes of emergency battery"
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bigeyes0x0:
Yeah, the pill, I knew it has been put into uses and my friend's group were working on its firmware to make it even more energy efficient. The part that made me go WTF is the ketchup part though :D.

And about the 21st, I did see it exhibited what you said once Misledz, but haven't seen that problem again. When I had it I just open Gun Bros that takes around 100MB, played a little and exited I got 180MB free after :D.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
LOL. Ketchup, Cheap yet efficient.

Skin! GJ on the custom Kernel btw!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] trip007in:
I think Skin has integrated fugu tweaks into his cf-root this time, which could have resulted in missing boot sound.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Skin1980:
no fugu tweaks... only removed cause i don't like it
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] trip007in:
Thanks for your reply skin... The CF-ROOT is great it has improved battery life like never before, for me battery lasts for 2 days..... What do you think about Fugu twaeks running on our device. I just replaced my app_process from fugu to test it.. Lets see how it works...;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bigeyes0x0:
Do I need to clear cache and dalvik cache as I'm applying your new kernel, Skin?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Skin1980:
no... only flash
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
Well :O Here's to refreshing the page and hoping it gets updated :D

NVM: Found it :O Didn't see the OP get updated.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bigeyes0x0:
Moment of glory or misery

-> It's half glory, my phone boots, but apps keeps crashing, first gg maps, then go launcher...blah blah

-> After sometime it seems to get stable, but will keep posting impressions.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
Dont forget to recheck the options bro
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] quan815:
updated..Custom Kernel!!!!!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] trip007in:
Just flashed OC Kernel, no FC for me:D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
@bigeye0x0, Same thing happened to me, Phone just froze on antutu when I tapped information.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bigeyes0x0:
Yeah, just did that. 2nd reboot, don't see maps crashing but the phone also vibrated like the first boot and go launcher restarted, wifi seems to be restarted for the first and 2nd boot too as just before the vibration my wifi icon was lit bright but after the vibration it was dim. I don't know if I should bring this to work tomorrow lol, but let's try some more to see if I need to flash back the 21st CF-ROOT.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mustali:
To make more space and remove system Apps we delete the apk file from system\ Apps.

is that all or do we uninstall it from some where too? please help.

also please suggest which system Apps should not removed and which are safe for removal?

Sent from my GT-I9003
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
@mustali, You are posting in the wrong section. Read the topic title before you post. First warning on that.

@bigeyes0x0, For some odd reason I'm worried aswell my alarm won't ring LOL Probably FC, I'm confident in Skin's work :O Just performed an antutu test and phone has the tendency to hang. Just when it was 90% done.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bigeyes0x0:
Third boot went fine without any issue, I guess they say third time the charm is true after all :D.

Still I tried to clear cache and dalvik cache like I typically do on the Galaxy Tab when flashing different kernel. After clearing, it went into a boot loops: first one at Samsung Galaxy S logo, 2nd time sometime later at Samsung only logo, and third time even sometime after the 2nd and at the forth reboot it booted up without issue.

I'm getting cold hand about bring this kernel to work tomorrow :D.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] trip007in:
My antutu score: 2923 best out of three....;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
;_: It hung when doing another readup, Everytime it tries to access read/write the phone hangs up. I'm afraid of SOD won't get my alarm ringing haha, But the phone feels responsive, Is there any other way to tell if the OC is actually working?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bigeyes0x0:
I'm opening Market to download Antutu and Quadrant (for some odd reasons I don't like benchmarks) for stressing it, and guess what opening Market and my phone freeze. Now this is too much, I need to go back for stability. Skin keeps at it, I know you can do it after some more testing :D.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
:\ This version is still unstable. I FC'd Maps and Skype and when I turn off the screen to sleep. The phone get's an SOD and goes into this deep sleep where only removing the battery will wake it up. Back to 21st for me :\
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] quan815:
seem like nothing had change after i flash this oc kernel..my quadrant score still the same..1700++ only..just like before..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
So latest findings. My room temperature is 21 deg c. But the phone feels really hot. Apart from that putting the phone to sleep will let the phone go into a deep abysmal sleep. You need to remove the battery to keep it alive. If the phone sleeps for longer than a minute. With and without charger plugged in.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bigeyes0x0:
So to anyone that has stability problems with the new custom kernel and need to go back to CF-ROOT 21st, you can do it fine as I've just done it myself. I wiped my forehead of sweats lol, as I didn't take a nandroid backup before and only have the old one when I did the ext4 conversion, next time should do it first.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
LOL Yea, I didn't take a backup and I thought the kernel would stay and I was like, Oh ****, My backup is atleast a week old!

@bigeye0x0, Did you flash the CWM kernel after restoring back to 21 aswell?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] quan815:
why my phone are all going well after flash oc kernel ,but for some user not?so weird..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] quan815:
Luckly i got did a backup before flashed it..hehe:D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bigeyes0x0:
@quan815: according to your score after benchmark, there're two ways to explain it:

. you flashed the old CF-ROOT 21st (check your phone settings -> about phone -> kernel version, if you don't see skin there, you have probably flashed your phone the way Mr. Steve made the iphone4 antenna :D.)

. you flashed the right one but on your phone the OC don't kick in or something

And also might be other trickeries that I don't know :D.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bigeyes0x0:
No I use CF-ROOT 21st, flashed with Odin.

EDIT: Sorry to double posts didn't mean to, but we're doing it real time lol.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] manrock111:
May any one tells me what's the difference between ext4 conversion and ext4 to kernel?

I know half part what ext4 partition means to improve i/O but

Ext4 to kernel???
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] quan815:
ya,i flashed with correct one ad..

-My quadrant score : 1983(Still can't achieve 2000..Sad..Maybe i installed too many applications on my phone already)

-My antutu score :2780
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bigeyes0x0:
Erh, this is my job I guess, teaching operating system.

To put it simply ext4 partition is a partition with ext4 file system, like on windows you have D partition with NTFS file system.

Next in order to read a certain partition with file system x, the OS kernel needs a driver (Windows) or module (Linux) that can reads x file system.

For Linux kernel module we have two ways to deploy it:

. Using an external module (you can say it's like a DLL on Windows or .so on Linux, just that it works with kernel instead of an executable)

. Compiled into the kernel

There're advantage and disadvantage of either way but I guess I should stop here.

So as your phone is ext4 converted, it has its partitions in ext4 and you need ext4 kernel module to read them: for older CF-ROOT like 21st, you have stock kernel included with an external ext4 module, for the new CF-ROOT with custom kernel, this module is compiled into part of the kernel.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] quan815:
can i ask a question..The maximum CPU that can be OC is 1100Mhz?Or can be higher?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] manrock111:
It can be higher. Skin said he achieve 1.1ghz without increase voltage of cpu.

Or you can say @1.1ghz you are totally safe without loss of battery.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] soodgautam:
Very well explained ...thanks for clearing the concepts :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] manrock111:
Very true...

Thanks bigeyeOxO.. I think I should start taking classes from you cause

Linux is one of my subject in last semester of my MCA and you explain pretty well.. :D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Lordrdx666:
First of all congratulations to skin1980 for achieving overclock...

Just a suggestion.... if you haven't changed the voltage... why not try to build in some small amount of increased voltage or slightly over volt ? It might be that our processor might be feeling power starved at this point @ 1.1ghz...???

You might just have a kernel with 1.1ghz or 1.2ghz stable overclock with slight over volting... and it might improve user experience! :D

I am just suggesting ... :D

So don't troll or flame me :)

Skin, trip, bigeyes, misledz and all the other 'senior' posters and power users... what do you say?

I might be wrong also...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] manrock111:
Just wait and relax they know what to do.

They don't just increase cpu speed suddenly.

Testing need some time. As far as I know 1.1 is not quite stable for some.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mitoVonDido:
I juz read the problems from other members and test myself cf-root-ext4 kernel:-

1)flash with pda at odin (no clear cache n dalvik)

2)check your phone settings -> about phone -> kernel version (checked; skin is there ;)

3)quadrant score:2043, 2440, 2540

4)antutu:2688,2753,2756 (no fc when click info tab)

5)no crashing yet,boot loop,deep sleep; not fc when opening maps apps ,no lag behaviour n phone temp is quite normal.

6)dunno which test else i need to do
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ephraim:
So far so good.. Got to a pc directly after training to flash this custom kernel @_@.. so far no problems faced.. I added a profile to set cpu just incase my phone gets too hot :)

Edit: i think i experience SOD? the back and menu button light up but screen stayed black.. will clean flash and apply this kernel :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] wicki30:
got 2800 flat on antutu first run on the new kernel :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] wicki30:
2841 from 2nd run... wonder how can i upload screen capture...

:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] HairyScot:
Hi,

I just flashed my I9003 to XKPH and then tried to flash CF-Root using CF-ROOT-XXKPH-21.08.2011.tar downloaded from this thread.

I assumed this goes into Odin as PDA?

When I tried to run Odin displays:-

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..

then just seems to hang there.

What should I do?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
PM'd you on it ;) Make sure your in download mode, chief :)

edit: Awkward part being, Has anyone rechecked the options in CWM Manager and found if they're getting errors?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ephraim:
I tried backup and reboot to cwm and so far it's ok.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] HairyScot:
Yep, went thru the finger bending exercise to get the little yellow triangle.

Have retried a number of times.

I assume others have used CF-ROOT-XXKPH-21.08.2011.tar with no problem?

I am running Windows 7 Pro 64bit.

Tried with CF-Root-JPH-v1.1.tar. Same result.

Must be something in phone or PC that's causing the problem.

WOW!!! Dunno what I did!!

All of a sudden it seems to have worked!:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] spacebar2011:
I quite like what's going on here! And Skin, you're a torch in the jungle.. :)

I'm out and way too screwed with work (7 workshops and 5 days of back to back studio sessions!!), but I'll get on this as soon as I'm back on the sane mode..

Keep it going peeps. :D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mustali:
cant understand!!

hey! how do you get these amazing scores?

i have xxkph cf-rooted, installed custom kernel, applied tweaks and OC.

but still my antutu score is around 1450 !!!

i hav'nt converted to ext4 yet. does it make such a huge difference?

i have about 140 personal apps.

please guide where i may be doing wrong and how can i get better scores?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ephraim:
Ext4 does increase quadrant score.. It increases your I/O..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] spacebar2011:
Yes, ext4 makes a significant difference. Number of apps doesn't matter as long as you have enough system resources free while running the benchmark.

Also, are you happy with the performance of your device? If yes, benchmark scores are meaningless. If the real experience is satisfactory, what do you care about the benchmark numbers?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mustali:
Thats insightful! thanks.

here's what I did- manually set frequency to1.1ghz in setCPU.

applied scaling of "performance".

again run the benchmark and and

:-D I got 2944 !! :-D

Sent from my GT-I9003